According to this post, WordPress now has a plug-in, or if you use WordPress.com (it’s automatic), that allows real-time posting of stories to the web (link).  Once you post, your update shoots out to readers as opposed to waiting (up to an hour) before anyone knows your post exists (a server issue).  I am surprised this feature hasn’t existed years before.  Hasn’t blogging been with us forever and only now this feature exists?  I’m pretty amazed that many features I had expected in many services have only recently appeared.  I know I took a technology hiatus for many years, and upon returning to the blogging world, it surprises me that these obvious features did not exist.  This demand for “real-time” seems to be related to the excitement around mobile phones and Twitter/Facebook updates.  Everyone seems to want everything immediately.

I downloaded the plug-in, extracted the files, and uploaded them into the wp-content/plugins folder.  And then went into my WordPress console and clicked on Plugins and clicked Activate.  Therefore, this blog post should suddenly appear elsewhere instantaneously.  I am curious to see.